Ethics commissioners say nonprofit acted in 'bad faith'
The Ethics Review Commission expressed frustration Wednesday that nonprofit Save Austin Now has not yet brought evidence to refute an ethics complaint filed against it, delaying a final hearing that was set for the meeting.
Counsel for the nonprofit said they needed more time to provide the evidence that they had promised was coming at last month’s evidentiary hearing. But commissioners were skeptical.
“It’s very, very frustrating to have people claim they can’t produce things that they committed to producing and they agreed to,” said Commissioner Mary Kahle, “and that … a quick search of your files should be able to produce.”
“Can we just declare that it is a bad-faith lack of cooperation?” Commissioner Debra Danburg said.
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